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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dgbjwc, post: 3149522, member: 308&quot;]Okay, let&#039;s start over with your listing.&nbsp; You have a Tressemann &amp; Vogt (T&amp;V) chocolate pot, with matching sugar bowl and creamer; hobbyist decorated with pink roses and gold trim.&nbsp; I would include the plates with the set (it is unclear to me from your listing if you are throwing them in.&nbsp; Personally, I would include them as they have little value on their own).&nbsp; Date of production circa 1910 should cover your timeframe.&nbsp; Measure your pieces.&nbsp; That pot can&#039;t be much over 12&quot; if that.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You are looking for a buyer who collects T&amp;V, chocolate pots, and/or pieces with pink roses.&nbsp; Those are really your selling points.&nbsp; There aren&#039;t many of these collectors out there so cross your fingers.&nbsp; Limoges, in general, is a depressed market.&nbsp; Avoid the temptation to buy china for resale.&nbsp; It&#039;s a slow seller and there are many more pieces out there than the market can absorb.&nbsp; There are still desirable pieces (e.g. Limoges drop rose) but unless you know those patterns you will wind up with a garage full of china that you bought cheaply but can&#039;t resell.&nbsp; The value in most china nowadays is purely decorative. </p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t mention breakage.&nbsp; You&#039;ll make your buyers nervous. You can just say you ship Fedex.&nbsp; Regardless of your shipping contractor items like this should be boxed individually and then inserted into a large box.&nbsp; For pieces like these I wrap first in tissue paper, then in a craft paper, then bubble wrap.&nbsp; That item is then boxed and I move onto the next item.&nbsp; Once they are all ready I put them in a larger box with room on all sides for newspaper padding.&nbsp; Even so I occasionally lose an item but it&#039;s rare.&nbsp; You have to look on breakage as a failure on your part and not on the part of the shipping contractor.&nbsp; The pot, sugar, and creamer should probably go in a 16 x 16 x 16 box at the smallest.&nbsp; At the price you are charging you will lose money if you get a buyer on the West Coast, Southwest, or South Florida.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps.&nbsp; Good luck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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